Chuck Glider's Bicycle Workshop

As you work on a Twenty, you start to get a feel of the engineering. I find it useful to categorise: some parts are really well thought out ...

Just before Shimano came up with the Hyperglide (HG) cassette system that we know and love today, it introduced the Uniglide (UG) arrangemen...

Why didn't I buy this earlier?! Yes, it's relatively expensive, but within a year I've used it on 6 bikes and am very happy with...

Following on from my earlier update , here is how I built the bike. First of all, I took apart the headset (I've explained in previous p...

Here's a photo of the Concept Excelsior that I bought on eBay for £15, on its first day as a London commuter.  I fitted mudguards ...

I'm about to sort out the Concept Excelsior hybrid bike, which let me gloat again, I bought for only £15 (see my previous post on that)...

Found a couple of bargains on eBay. Here is a lovely Peugeot Lautaret frame (£13.10): After studying it carefully, I'm pretty sure it...

Figure 1. The Shimano Length Check (see 2(a) below). Fitting a new chain should be easy and satisfying. Yet, it's possible to make a ...

I decided to break the old chain at the half link. Although I'd cleaned and oiled it and it was ok in practice, it was stretched/worn be...